1960s Harmony H1260 Sovereign Jumbo Guitar

I've worked on so many old Harmony Sovereign jumbos that they all sort-of mix together in my brain. This one has to be a little on the early '60s side, though, as it has a pin bridge (which I've only seen on one other Sovereign in the shop) and a bit of a bigger neck style rather than the later-'60s faster neck and ever-present "tie-block" bridge style.

Like all Sovereign jumbos from the era, the sound is outsized, open, woody, and warm. It's like an "alternate Gibson" sound. It's similar to a J-45/J-50 from the same time but has a bit more "snappy" sound to the mids and highs. They make good chord-banging, folk-singing, country-punching guitars, though they're not at all refined. It's a good sound for heavy-handed fingerpickers, too, as it's harder to overdrive the top on a ladder-braced jumbo than it is on a little couch-potato parlor with the same sort-of bracing.

Repairs included: a neck reset, fret level/dress, various adjustments, setup.

Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid mahogany

Bracing type: ladder

Bridge: rosewood

Fretboard: rosewood

Neck wood: mahogany

Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 54w, 40w, 30w, 22w, 16, 12 custom set

Neck shape: medium D/C

Board radius: 10"

Truss rod: adjustable

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium-lower

Scale length: 25 1/8"

Nut width: 1 3/4"

Body width: 16 1/8"

Body depth: 4 1/4"

Weight: 4 lbs 3 oz

Condition notes: visually, the guitar is quite worn and beat-up via lots of small scratches, nicks, dings, and weather-checking to the finish. There's a bunch of pickwear near the pickguard, too. It appears to be all-original except for the pickguard, right down to the bridge pins. The pickguard is an accurate replacement, though. There are two hairline cracks on the back (one upper bout near the kerfing and one lower bout near the kerfing) which are sealed and good to go and pictured. The saddle height is low despite a neck reset (it's often hard to know exactly how much the tops on these deflect) but there's a little room to come down and the action is spot-on as it sits. The fretboard extension slightly "dips" over the body but it does not affect playability until you're way up in the 16th or 17th fret area.

It comes with: no case, sorry.